[closed, redirected] UPLOAD Servers speed DOWN to 3 %(max)

Since 8th of May - new design release - the UPLOAD speed has dramatically slow down.
now my upload speed is 200-400 Kbps.
Before Friday was 11Mbps.
Example:
A 5MB photo upload was 4 seconds before Friday.900 pictures per hour.
Now this same picture upload is 3 minutes in lucky time.
Unlikely there is much longer uploads then 3 minutes. 20-22 pictures per hour.2days to upload 900 pcs.
When server operators will realize this issue?
Are there any background processes slows down their time because design change?
Or other changes as well that not published?

Anyway same computer at the same hours YouTube upload speed is 11 Mbps.

it looks as if the changes to the uploader are causing great problems to many, is there a computer person out there who can help! My system upload speed is 11, however, I can load images up to flickr sporadically with some larger image files timing out with a message "image upload failed / try agian or image upload failed sort out problems and try again......can anyone with better knowledge than me """""HELP""""""?
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I just wanted to see how fast this FLICKR HELP forum operators are responding to this.
So let it OPEN to have that change by the MODERATOR if he/she wishes to do this.
Looks like they are still sleeping now....
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THEORY 1:
maybe FLICKR servers are busy because they are RE-ALLOCATE all our pictures between servers.
This is probably because of the new DESIGN. Or other strategy.
Reading deeper in this forum someone lost picture/s someone the whole account.
We are just lucky to have slow upload speed and look like having all pictures shot in past. :)
But if this theory is stands, I would rather to see a MESSAGE in my mailbox something like this "SORRY FOR SPPEDING DOWN UPLOAD. BEING PATIENT FOR NEXT 7 DAYS." But nothing coming like this.
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Yes, I've been having the same problem since last night. It's taking ages to get just one image uploaded. Like other users, it's really aggravating that Flickr staff are taking so long to respond to this vital issue.
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Add my voice to the mix. I'm having all kinds of issues with Flickr this morning as well. Uploaded photos do not show up in my photo stream, but they do show up in my albums. Also, have a really hard time just uploading. When I upload a group of photos a few will fail. Finally, being asked to reconnect repeatedly. As with everyone else it is slow slow slow slow!
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I just uploaded to Picasa Web Albums since Flickr can't get there act together. 344 full frame photos went up with one click in about 30 minutes. There are other options.
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Lightroom is showing an error on publish that is most likely due to these slow response times. Mac OS; Lightroom CC 2014 and 2015. Unable to connect to service errors. Was working fine previously, assume this is due to issue related to recent upgrade. Nothing on my particular workflow has changed in multiple months.
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Honestly, the *best* time to make a modification to Flickr is on Friday, just before all the developers leave for the weekend.

I don't know if you all detected my sarcasm, but this weekend has been *really* bad. 15% of my photos fail to upload. Upload speeds reduced to a TENTH of the normal speed. Processing times are 8x longer.

Testing was required for this build, and it appears that none of that was done effectively.
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Flickr employs script kiddies - who try to cobble together its software - rather than competent developers. Hence, what we are now experiencing: users' inability to perform the simple fundamental task of uploading.
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Hopefully come MONDAY somebody at FlickrHQ will be alive and kicking and do something about this.

Makes me wonder why you change something right before a weekend... and then nobody is around to react to problems... I'd call that disaster management par excellence.
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This is software out of control. No-one understands the overall picture and developers fiddle with their own little bit with no understanding of the effect their changes will have elsewhere.
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I don't think it's software on the site itself. It is much more likely that the new uploader program which has been designed as a backup program to upload entire folders to Flickr has just overwhelmed their servers as more and more people load and run it.
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I just wasted hours trying to upload some images; many timeout problems reported for individual files with repeated requests to "reconnect" (I've no idea what that means), then the whole upload failed completely at the final step. I wish that Flickr would just roll back the past couple of years worth of "improvements." It seems that the more changes that are made, the more unreliable the service becomes.
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This is a bummer, some users utilize this site as part of our jobs, and, we don't work just on a Monday - Friday schedule, aka, this is impacting our work, productivity, promotion, whatever. These upload problems are very disappointing. My staff has been trying for two days to do our upload of program images to share with families that pay for art classes with our institution. Repeated 'disconnects' 'image retries' etc have been common issues over the last 48 hours.
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Tried to upload about 200 pictures last night but the uploading freezes, the connection is lost, the pictures fail to upload. After several hours when half of the pictures were ready I gave up and thought the problem was temporary. Today I tried with 5 pictures but I can't even upload those. My customers are waiting to preview their pictures...
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Ehhh... I've been developing for 9 years. *every* system is testable, regardless of size and scope. You just have to build testing into the system. There's no reason to not test, and there's no such thing as "not testable." Unit Tests, Automated Tests and QA Tests can all work in tandem to make sure the system is Stable, Usable and follows standards.

what a joke. first they ruin the look of the site and now one can't even upload. Anybody have a good suggestion for an alternative to flickr that actually caters to photographers rather than trying to turn everything into a garden-variety social network? Also, any idea how to get a refund? Been paying for a pro account for several years but now am at the end of my tether.
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Lightroom keeps saying that it cannot contact the Flickr service, though at least one photo gets successfully posted. I thought that it was an API change or an OAuth problem, but then I found this thread.

Every form of suggested uploading service, app, method is not working for me. I was able to get 103 photos up last night over an 8 hour period but now it won't work at all, even after following the FAQ steps for this "internet connection" issue.

Flickr, please release some kind of statement acknowledging the fact that you are noticing this issue and are at least working on it. I have clients expecting photos (yesterday) and I have had to delay their deadline now because of this issue.

Please just give us an update or some kind of acknowledgment.
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